Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 202599775 - Employee's Finger Tip Is Amputated by Circular Saw

Accident Summary Nr: 202599775 -- Report ID: 0950612 -- Event Date: 09/29/2009
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
313480998	10/28/2009	1522	236118	Midstate Construction Corporation

Abstract: At approximately 12:15 p.m. on September 29, 2009, Employee #1, a carpenter employed by a construction company, was working at a townhome complex. He was operating a DeWALT, battery-operated circular saw, which was owned by the foreman, to cut an approximate 4-inch-length piece of plywood from a 12-inch by 4-inch plywood sheet. Employee #1's left index finger was sticking out too far, and the rotating saw blade amputated the tip of that finger. Employee #1 immediately told his foreman, and the foreman drove him to the Kaiser Medical Center-Santa Teresa in San Jose, where he was hospitalized.

Keywords: AMPUTATED, FINGER, CONSTRUCTION, CIRCULAR SAW, SAW, INATTENTION

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Single family or duplex dwelling		Alteration or rehabilitation		$500,000 to $1,000,000	2

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	313480998			Hospitalized injury	Amputation	Carpenters	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Interior carpentry Fatality Cause: Other

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